A scheme in Bulgaria helped employees stay safe through the provision of equipment and training – and by improving working conditions.ESF Contribution : N/A – Number of Participants : 563 employers; 3 914 employees

In Bulgaria a bakery has offered a variety of training options to local jobless people, including Roma, young people and the long-term unemployed.ESF Contribution : N/A – Number of Participants : + 120

A project in Bulgaria provided children and young people with disabilities the chance to live in good-quality sheltered and supported accommodation after closing old institutions like orphanages.ESF Contribution : EUR 9 996 000 – Number of Participants : 1 797 children and young people

Bulgaria’s National Centre for Information and Documentation aims to ensure that higher education qualifications gained in different countries can be recognised quickly and efficiently.ESF Contribution : € 620 500 – Number of Participants : n/a

A large-scale ESF operation in Bulgaria aims to reduce the number of early school leavers by improving employment opportunities and helping social integration among the young.Participants: around 330 000 - ESF contribution: €45 479 121

During a 10-month training period at a social enterprise, young men and women from sheltered homes acquired not only work skills, but also learned the wider social and communication skills that do so much to ease social integration.Participants: 18 - ESF contribution: €151 000

Through the 'I can' project, any employed person could apply and receive a voucher for key-competences training and/or a course leading to professional qualifications – according to their wishes and needs.Participants: 221 000 employees - ESF contribution: €60 844 000

The Bulgarian authorities gave a significant boost to youth employment and mobility with the completion of an ESF ‘Administrative capacity’ project on the recognition of EU higher education qualifications. Participants: 611 - ESF contribution: €346 422